Billfold



A., RAUHAUS BILLFOLD Filed qurie 10, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A ttorneysMay 16, 1939. RAUHAUS v 2,158,913

BILLFOLD 4 Filed June 10, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JrZ/z ur flaakaeas' Aitorneys Patented May l6, 1939 UNITED s'rsres PATENT OFFICE.

BILLI'OLD Arthur ltauhaus, Kittanning, Pa. 4 Application June II, 1088,Serial No.- 218,019

3 g The, present invention relates to billfolds. constructed of softpliable leather and has for its primary object to provideanintegrallyformed gusseted change holding compartment adapted 5 to becollapsed into a substantially flat condition when the billfold isfolded.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a billfoldformed of a minimum number of flat piiable'leather sections connected10' to each other and folded inia compact form to provide a plurality ofbill compartments, a gusseted change or key compartment, a plurality ofcard compartments and a secret bill compartment formed on one of thewalls of the main bill compartment, said secret bill compartment beingslidably insertable in one. of the card coinpart ments to normally liein a hidden position therein.

' 'A further object of the invention is to provide a billfold of thischaracter in which the several sections are secured to eachother bysewing and wherein the blanks forming the sections are constructed andarranged so that the amount of sewingrequired for securing the partstogether is reduced to a minimum. An additional object is to provide abilifold of simple and'practical construction which is neat andattractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture andotherwise well so adapted for the purposes for which-the same is,

intended.

Other objects and advantageare'side in the details of construction asmore fully hereinafter describedandclaimed. reference being bad to astheaccompanyingdrawingsfcrmingparthereof wherein like numerals refer tolike parts throughout, and in which i l'lgurelisaplanviewoftheblahksections forming the invention showing thesame secured mto each other in open position-before folding.

l'lgurefiisaplanviewoftheinnerside ofthe billfold in completed conditionand unfolded Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view takensubstantially on' a line ,I-I of l 'ignre 2. grigureiisatransversesectionalviewtaken substantially on aline 4-4 ofl'lgure 3. A

l'igureiiisaperspectiveviewofthebillfoldin folded position. and

l 'lgureii'isatransversesectionalviewtaken osubstantiallyonalineI-Iofh'igureI.

Referring now to the drawings in detail. with particular reference toFigure 1. the billfold ls shownas-formedfromapairoi'mainblanksectionsAand B, a iiapsection C, and a wall section A includes a panel I alongone (01; lse-se) longitudinal edge of which extends a half panel sectionI anda half panel. section I integrally connected along one edge withthe panel; I, .the line I designating a line of fold between themainpanellandthehalfpanelsland l'. The sdiacentedgesofthehalfpanelslandlarespacedapartandthehalfpanellisofgreater width than the half panel I andprovided with longitudinal fold lines to form along eachlongitudinaledge of the. half panel I. It 10 will be apparent-that whenthe=halfpanellis folded along the lines I the free longitudinal edges ofthe half panels I and l terminate substantially in a common plane.

The blank Bis also formed of a main panel II II and a half-panel itconnected by a fold line 5 ii, the free edges of panels I and beingconnected to'each other by stitching II. me free longitudinal edge ofthe half panel I is connected to one longitudinal edge of the blank Dbystitch- :0 ing it, said'blank D its unsecured edge in partiallyoverlying position with respect to the half'pan'eliloftheblankB.

Adjacent the connected edge of the half panels I and ii is a fold line'i! which isin the plane 25 of theconnected edge of the blank" D. Aftersecuring theblanks together in the manner indioatail'the blanks A and Bare folded upon each other along the fold line II with the half panel 1outermost meme panels are then further folded along the fold lines I andII, the half panel 1 remaining outermost so that the partswilloocupythepositiona'sshowninl'igureiof the drawings. 'iheendedg'esand the free iongitudinal edges are then connected by stitching 35e il, thereby forming a compartmentl'l between the flatwise pcsitionedpanels land iI. The panels I and II have aigreaterwidth than the halfpanels I and ii, thereby exposing a portion of the wider panels when theparts are in folded ment H which constitutes a bill compartment Thelongitudinal edges. oil the half panels 5 and I immediately adjacent theopening II arefree ands-provide an opening affording access to a secondbill compartment II. 5

The half panels I and i I being folded upon each other,- constitute acard compartment ii, the free ,edges II and II oi'said half panelsdeilningan opening aifordlng access to said compartment. 'I'heblank Dconstitutes one ofthe walls for the ing'the space between the adjacentedges of the half panels 8 and 1, as shown at 24 and the free end of theblank.D is removably inserted in the card compartment II. The under sideof the inserted end of the blank D' has secured thereto a piece ofmaterial 25 by stitching 2 which extends around three sides of the pieceof material,

the fourth side of the material being free and defining a pocket 21which is completely contained within the card compartment 2i andconstitutes a secret bill compartment.

By reason of the gusseting indicated at 28, formed by the fold lines 9of the half panel-1,, a compartment 29 is formed which is of anexpansible nature and'adapted to hold loose coins, keys and similararticles. The open end of the compartment 29 is adapted to be closed bya flap 30 which has one end overlapping the outer surface of the halfpanel I and secured thereto by a snap fastener 3|. the blank C and hasits other end extending inwardly of'the compartment 29 and secured atthe edge portion of the billfold by the stitching l6. a

By reason of the relatively large area provided for the compartment Hthe same is admirably adapted for holding larger papers such as'checksand the like and the compartment 20 is adapted for holding bills. Thecompartment 2| is suitable for holding cards, passes, tickets andsimilar articles and since the blank- C is free within the compartment29, except at the end portion thereof, similar articles may also beinserted between the blank C and the blank D, as will be apparent froman inspection of Figure 3 of the drawings.

The slide fastener 19 may be omitted without interfering with the pocketconstruction found I between the panels 5 and l 0. Access to thecompartment l1 therebetween may then be had through the opening it. i

It will also be apparent that the billfold may be folded upon itself ata transverse medial line into a compact form as shown in Figure 5.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of thearticle will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation The flap 30 is formed fromv compartment 20, aportion of said blank bridgupon each other in a predetermined manner,said panels and half panels when folded cooperating to form apocket atone end of the billfold, a strip of material secured along onelongitudinal edge to,

said last named half panel and having a free end slidably inserted insaid last named pocket and a pocket carried by the inserted end of saidstrip.

2. A billfold comprising a pair of main sections of flexible material,each section including a recpanels being likewise folded flatwise uponeach other to form a pocket, stitching securing the folded end edges ofthe rectangular panels and the outer end of the fragmentary panels, the

' inner end of said last named panels being free to provide an openingaifording access to the pocket, a second fragmentary panel projectingfrom one of the rectangular panels and provided with parallel fold linesforming gussets,-a flexible strip secured along one longitudinal edge tothe free edge of said gusseted panel, said strip ex tending parallel tosaid rectangular panels and adapted to lie flatwise against one ofthepanels to form a compartment wall, a pocket carried at the free endof said strip and adapted for insertion inthe second named pocket and aflexible strip secured to the last named fragmentary panel butwardly ofthe gussets and cooperating therewith to form a pocket and a flap onsaid last named strip for closing said last named pocket.

3. A billfold formed of a plurality of blank sections, including anL-shaped blank section and a U-shaped blank sec'tion the latterincluding a pair of spaced parallel leg portions, one of said legportions being secured to said L-shaped section to provide coextensiveend panels adapted for folding flatwise upon each other to form acompartment'therebetwee'n, and a substantially rectangular wall sectionsecured along one longitudinal edge to the free edge of the other legportion of said U-shaped section, said wall sec-- tion being positionedflatwise against one of said -panels to form another compartment therebetween, said last named leg portion having gusset fold lines and a backsection secured to said last named leg portion and cooperating therewithto form an expanslble pocket, said back section being free at one end toprovide an opening for the pocket, and a flap on said free end of theback section for closing said opening.

ARTHUR RAUHAUS.

